Opus Foundation® Awards $138,205 in Grants to Iowa Nonprofits

​The Opus Foundation (Foundation), the charitable foundation for The Opus Group (Opus), announced today the award of grants totaling $138,205 to 14 nonprofits in 2019 in support of work in Iowa and surrounding areas. 

Recipients of grants included: 

• Freedom for Youth Ministries (Des Moines) – $50,000 for Freedom Construction Services, LLC - Remodel (exterior updating)
• Project IOWA (Des Moines) – $40,000 for a data-driven expansion
• Anawim Housing (Des Moines) – $5,000 grant as a 2019 Building Community Award Finalist
• Balance Autism (Altoona) – $5,000 for Children's Autism Project - CAP Center in Clive
• Beyond Ball (Urbandale) $5,000 for mentorship program
• Blank Children's Hospital (Des Moines) – $5,000 for STAR Center Foster Care Clinic Hope Closet
• Greater Des Moines Habitat for Humanity (Des Moines) – $5,000 in recognition of Opus associate volunteer efforts on Founder's Day
• Handicapped Development Center (Davenport) – $5,000 for HDC Enterprises
• Meals from the Heartland (West Des Moines) – $5,000 for Hunger Fight
• St. Thomas More Center and Catholic Youth Camp (Panora) – $5,000 for Youth Leadership Retreats
• The Ames Foundation (Ames) – $5,000 for Edwards Neighborhood Park Improvements
• Amarillo Habitat for Humanity, Inc. (Amarillo, TX) – $1,500 in support of the Iowa State University Student Chapter of ASCE's Collegiate Challenge
• United Way of Central Iowa (Des Moines) – $1,705 for in support of 2019 workplace giving campaign

This year's grant recipients have a number of diverse missions and causes, including workforce development, fighting hunger, early childhood education, community park improvements, youth development and community revitalization. 

About the Opus Foundation:

The Opus Foundation^® awards more than $3 million annually to projects and programs that build Opus communities and make them better places to live, work and raise families. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that foster human and community development with an emphasis on early childhood education, youth development, workforce development, community revitalization and pressing and emerging needs.

About The Opus Group:

The Opus Group^® is a family of commercial real estate development, construction and design companies headquartered in Minneapolis with offices and projects across the country. Opus operates as an integrated, multidisciplinary team with expertise in development, capital markets and finance; project management and construction; architecture, engineering and interior design. The Opus Group includes Opus Holding, L.L.C. and its operating subsidiaries: Opus Development Company, L.L.C., Opus Design Build, L.L.C. and Opus AE Group, L.L.C. Specializing in industrial, office, residential, student living, senior living, institutional and retail projects, The Opus Group has broad capabilities, deep experience and a proven design-build model that delivers solutions for customers on time and on budget. For more information, visit www.opus-group.com and follow @TheOpusGroup on Twitter and @theopusgroup on Instagram.